# Input Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text/208539>\
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**Created:** [November 29, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text/208539 "2006-11-29T20:20:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![pyromunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@pyromunky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pyromunky)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text/208539/1 "2006-11-29T20:20:27Z")

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I’m creating a flash form with a multitude of input fields. I made a verification function to test each of the field’s variable for a null value. Finding out which required fields were left empty. Testing a null value wouldn’t work though because Flash is storing a format tag in the respective variable. I had to work around it, but I’m still curious… so a couple questions:

Has anyone else encountered this?  
Is this a new issue with Flash 8?  
and is there a way to format a text field so this tag isn’t stored, and the variable truly is null?